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A fast and versatile quantum key distribution system with hardware key distillation and wavelength multiplexing
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Walenta, Nino
Burg, A.
Caselunghe, D.
Constantin, Jean-Bernard
Gisin, Nicolas
Guinnard, Olivier
Houlmann, Raphaël
Junod, Pascal
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Published in New Journal of Physics. 2014, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 013047
Abstract We present a compactly integrated, 625 MHz clocked coherent one-way quantum key distribution system which continuously distributes secret keys over an optical fibre link. To support high secret key rates, we implemented a fast hardware key distillation engine which allows for key distillation rates up to 4 Mbps in real time. The system employs wavelength multiplexing in order to run over only a single optical fibre. Using fast gated InGaAs single photon detectors, we reliably distribute secret keys with a rate above 21 kbps over 25 km of optical fibre. We optimized the system considering a security analysis that respects finite-key-size effects, authentication costs and system errors for a security parameter of εQKD = 4 × 10−9.
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(ISO format) 		WALENTA, Nino et al. A fast and versatile quantum key distribution system with hardware key distillation and wavelength multiplexing. In: New Journal of Physics, 2014, vol. 16, n° 1, p. 013047. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:36519

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